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Industry Racing, CA, USA - August 8 Billy "The Bullet" Hamill completed a perfect night with his sixth Scratch Main Event victory of the season after a wild sequence of events at Industry Racing. The first time the tapes went up Charlie "The Edge" Venegas led into turn one but the red light came on because riders were moving before the start. Venegas was first off the starting line the second time but the race was halted and he was penalized for moving before the tapes went up. The third attempt ended with Hamill and Blair on the ground in turn one. Both competitors eventually got up gingerly and restarted. The racers finally got through turn one on the fourth attempt and it was Hamill who was at the front followed by Tyson Burmeister. The former World Champion stretched his lead with each lap and cruised to the victory. Burmeister finished second, Blair was third, and Venegas finished fourth. Blair opened the heats with a win over Burmeister. Steve Russell beat Tyson Talkington in the second heat. Tim Gomez led the third heat before Aaron Fox went around him for the lead and the win. Hamill blazed to victory over Marquez to end the first round. Former Youth National Champion Jason Ramirez started the second round by defeating "Fast" Eddie Castro. Blair held off Venegas for his second straight win. Burmeister beat Russell in the next heat. Talkington led Hamill for two laps in the final heat of round two, but Hamill went around the outside to take the lead and his second win in a row. Russell began the final round with a win over Ramirez. Blair beat Talkington to remain perfect. Fox won event 23 ahead of Castro. Hamill defeated Venegas in the final heat to match Blair's perfect score. Hamill romped to his fourth straight victory in the first semi with Burmeister following him into the main event. Venegas was victorious in the second semi with Blair finishing second to join him in the main. Talkington and Fox battled side-by-side through the first turn of the Consolation, but Talkington led down the back straight. His lead was short-lived as Ramirez dove underneath him as they entered turn three and took the lead. Ramirez raced away with the victory, Talkington held on to second, Russell finished third, and Fox was fourth. Gomez and Ramirez were the first two riders eliminated in the Last of the Mohicans Last Man Out Challenge which left Castro and Russell for the two-lap final challenge. The two started together but Castro made the outside work and took the lead on the back straight and held on for the victory. Eloy Medellin led from start to finish and claimed victory in the Support Main Event. Danny Baker finished second, Mike Salyer was third, and Jonni Jade finished fourth. Broc Nicol defeated Kurtis Hamill to win the Youth 250cc Main Event. Braydan Galvin started 70 yards back but charged past Sebastian Palmese for the lead on the third lap and never looked back on his way to victory. Maverick Molloy finished third. Jake Troutt fought off a valiant challenge from "Lightning" Luke Whitcomb to win the Pee Wee Main Event. Chris Jones and Johnny Glover led all four laps en route to victory in the Sidecar Main Event. Dual Anderson and Ethan Smith finished second, Dave Alexander and Casey Driggers were third, and Gerard Jackson and Dave German finished fourth. RESULTS Pee Wee Main Event Youth 200cc Main Event Youth 250cc Main Event Support Main Event First Division Heat Scoring123T Race Results First Division Last Chance First Division Main Event (restarted) HAMILL WINS WILD SPEEDWAY CYCLE MAIN AT INDUSTRY – By Tim Kennedy Industry, CA., Aug. 8 – All four 500cc Division 1 riders in the speedway cycle main event Wednesday at Industry Speedway had won features at the Industry Hills Expo Center Grand Arena track this season. It figured to be the most competitive Division 1 feature of the year. What followed was the wildest race this season. It took four starts before they completed the first lap. At the checkered flag two-time World Champion Billy Hamill, of Carlsbad, won his seventh main event at Industry this season. The starting lineup from inside to outside was Hamill, Charlie Venegas, Tyson Burmeister and Buck Blair. Referee Bryan Galvin aborted the first green light. He ruled Hamill and Venegas were jostling elbows/straddling lanes. He canceled the second green light, ruled Venegas had anticipated the green and penalized him five yards behind the starting gate. The third green light resulted in a quick red light after Hamill's cycle shot from the inside to outside of the track as the four riders entered the first turn. Hamill's cycle struck the left side of Blair's mount. Blair launched over the front of his cycle and landed chest/shoulder first on the track. He remained motionless for several minutes while catching his breath. He eventually walked to the starting line for the restart. Hamill said his cycle bogged down on the reworked entry to the first turn and wouldn't turn left. The front wheel turned right and his cycle shot across the track into Blair's cycle. Their rides became entangled briefly and caused Hamill's leg injury. The fourth green light was successful. Hamill led all four laps over Burmeister, who trailed by five yards at the checkered flag. Blair, although sore, held off Venegas for third position. Afterward, Hamill and Blair were still sore as they walked in the pits. During trophy presentations, Hamill received the usual first place award, plus all $216 of the 50/50 drawing that the fan-share winner donated to the Division 1 feature winner. Jason Ramirez led all four laps in the Division 1 consolation race and earned $100. The 500cc support division combined Division 2 and Division 3 riders and Eloy Medellin, of Garden Grove, won that trophy. He shot from lane three between two riders in the second turn to the lead and paced all four laps. With six 1,000cc sidecar teams present, the top four teams in points after heat races competed in a four clockwise laps race with Chris Jones, of Aliso Viejo, and his sidecar rider Johnny Glover in the lead comfortably all the way. The No. 007 team of Dual Anderson and Ethan Smith placed second in a tight three-way duel with No. 66 and No. 22 teams. Winner Jones stopped in turn four and cart wheeled six times across the finish line to celebrate. Broc Nicol, 15, won the 4-lap Youth 250cc main over Kurtis Hamill. Braydan Galvin, 14, started 50-yards from the starting gate, took the lead on lap 3 and won the 5-lap Youth 200cc main over early leader Sebastian Palmese. First year rider Jake Troutt, 4, upset 50cc pee-wee division second year racer Luke Whitcomb, 6, after leading all four laps. Troutt started at the gate and Whitcomb 50-yards back. Whitcomb had won seven consecutive pee-wee mains on his No. 27 mini cycle. A special "Last of the Mohicans, Last Man Out Challenge Race" was event 19 of the 36 race evening. It has $200 cash on the line from two fans known as "the Mohicans". Eddie Castro won the race and collected $150 over runner-up and lap 2 leader Steve Russell, who took home $50 after their two-rider, two lap dash. Eliminated after the first lap was fourth place Tim Gomez. P. 3 Russell Green went to the pits after lap 2. Next week round 11 of 13 will be another Harley Night. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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